Born to a Greek parent
- Applicant’s valid passport or identity document
- Full/long-form birth record
- Greek parent’s current municipal or family-register certificate
- Parents’ marriage record, where relevant
- Name-change or correction records, if any
CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT CHECKLIST
Build the family evidence in the correct order.
This checklist helps you prepare for an individual review. It is not a universal government checklist: dates, family circumstances and the applicable legal route can change what is required.
Claim through a grandparent or earlier ancestor
- Applicant’s full birth record
- Birth and marriage record for every generation in the chain
- Evidence of the ancestor’s Greek municipal or military registration
- Foreign records duly legalised where required
- Official Greek translations where required
Birth or marriage not registered in Greece
- Official foreign civil record from the competent local authority
- Evidence of the Greek family member’s municipal registration
- Earlier family events that must be entered first
- Apostille or other legalisation where applicable
- Official translation and consular forms required by the mission
Previous refusal or complex case
- Complete copy of every prior application
- All decisions, refusal reasons and correspondence
- Chronology of citizenship, births, marriages and registrations
- Evidence addressing each problem raised previously
- Written specialist assessment before any new filing
Before sending documents
Do not email passwords, one-time codes, full card information or unrequested sensitive records. Public forms collect only preliminary facts. Upload evidence only inside an activated private case.